Day in Pictures - August 27, 2012

A reveler dances as she parades through the streets during the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. The Notting Hill Carnival is the largest street festival in Europe and originated in 1964 as a way for Afro-Caribbean communities to celebrate their cultures and traditions with exotic costumes and samba music.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Brazilian swimmer Daniel Dias, who be will competing in S5 swimming classification races, jokes with photographers as he is seen through an underwater window in the aquatic center during a training session ahead of the 2012 Paralympics, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in London. Dias, who was born with malformed upper and lower limbs, won nine medals, including four gold medals, at the Beijing Paralympics, more than any other athlete. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Brad McCally from San Antonio, Texas sits in the chair on the floor of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A monkey wearing a mask clings to a boy during a street performance at a slum area in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 .(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. reacts to the loud amplified sound from banging the gavel as he checks out the stage at the Republican National Convention inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Magda Caseres walks among debris of her home shattered by an explosion at the Amuay refinery near Punto Fijo, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery early Saturday killing at least 41 people and injuring more than 80 in Venezuela's deadliest refinery blast ever. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

University of Memphis band member Curtis Jolley puts a little pep into Monday's event. Students learned about the college's traditions, study-abroad opportunities, internships and the words to the school fight song.

University of Memphis freshmen gather near the student center to get a class photo taken after the New Student Convocation in the Michael D. Rose Theatre Monday. Freshman and transfer students were treated to a little encouragement, advice, and school spirit.